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People clash with police during a protest against the jailing of anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny in St Petersburg
RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin’s attempt to downplay the size of protests that saw thousands arrested at the weekend won’t wash, the country’s communist youth league said today.
The Komsomol said the rallies were “undoubtedly the largest since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic and the de-facto banning of all opposition events.”
Mr Putin’s spokesman claimed on Sunday that only “a few” people had turned out to the protests, which were called by anti-Putin activist Alexei Navalny following his arrest on his return to Russia from hospital treatment in Berlin for apparent Novichok poisoning. Russia has dismissed complaints from the EU and United States over the arrests.
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports from the start of Kunming’s Belt and Road media forum, where 200 journalists from 71 countries celebrated a new openness and optimism, forged by China’s enormous contribution to global development
Morning Star editor BEN CHACKO reports on TUC Congress discussions on how to confront the far right and rebuild the left’s appeal to workers
